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Show UEAUTY MlflVl INDIANS. Ttie U'ceen OnmlK lie Coni.r-,I l. Willie., l-.it Ih. iM.flSi.o Are l-ivll,. Tlio lll.Kkfwit areltcor nongh, lu a" cmiNilence, from iiitrly every alanl Idnt from whloll f 0 judge cllilltn! commuulllea, but tlitlr tnbal jiw-ailoi) lncnde tcveral honeiat i.-eli In .1.1 of a family; and though tlf majority of theh liul a wnul I fetch infill re than twenty d.illani apiece out theft, -leli thl glv,' them mure wealth pesn plt.i tban luanv civilian! ptvpte can Vu-ut. Theyliav mauageil alio to keepllii t h of the aav-ngepaiapheruallnof aav-ngepaiapheruallnof Bluer da) a III Or form of bn.-kkin flotlm, elalairata la.adwi.rk, eagle hi'lf)r--'k-. (rood gum and iho nntlandlih ndermncnt of their cl.lc.'annd medicine imii. Hundred nf inlle from uuy eicri rncli email end dlitant towuaua Cabjiryand ilinllclce Hat, nud kept on the liVrvo a much a Iihle, there ha oSno lo them 1cm dtiiaaire by white luenS vies than per-huai per-huai moat other trlliealiave aulTereil. Therefore it wna atlll p,blu for mi tu aee In noma tenia th aiiiiiwa nt work Hiding tU dun kljlie n atrctched eklna, and making lteethvork fr laocca-elna. laocca-elna. poncboa. chur,leiid the rwu And In one tepee I foiiad n young nnd rather pn tty girl wonrlnga ult ef Inn k-akin, k-akin, audi at Ccicptr and all lhcp.t l.iturliioa of the Indian I.n.iv -i.- tin coin tntlonal every d ly nltlre of the red-a':ln. red-a':ln. Imylnwtlieiritlliinient bit, a ii matter of fuel, alto paaeed mo oat of dnor, and with trne feminine art man-o.ied man-o.ied to allow her blanket tu fall open ju.i the lutant It took lo dM,4o the preclona dreu lneath It. .' oaki-il tu bo taken Into tho t -nt to which alio wmit, aud there, at the Int -r-preter'a reinn.t, alio threw off her blanket, and aloud, w 1th n Utile dlpjy of honout cojneea, dic-tl like the traditional tradi-tional and the theatrical bell, ,.f the wlldorncaj. 1 he eoft yefjowlah 1, nthir, the heavy fringe upon the nrini, am, and ilgt of the garment, her bc-'iiillful beaded legging nud moeOMina, formed oiuuny parte nf a very dunning picture. pic-ture. For heraelf, licr face wna coiudy, lint her flgur.i wna an 'liidmu'B. Tlie figure of the typical Indian woman allow few graceful curve. The render will Inquire whether there waa ony real Ixanty, a vre j ulgo It, among these Indian, Tee, tin rn waa; at leat there wero good look If tlieni waa not beauty. I eaw nerhapi n doa-n flue looking men, half u dose n attr ictlvo girl, nud muiethliiK like a hundred children of varIng degree of Cornell-ncaBr-iJein,r, pretty or ucnntifui. I hml aonio Jolly romp wllli tho children, and au came to know lhat thiir face n'l arm met my touch with thu mmuih-noa mmuih-noa und FoCtiii-M of tho llwli nf our own lltilo one nt home. I wa anrprb il at thl; Indeed, tho tlrin of tlio Wa wai cf the texture of velvet. Th madcap urchin, what rlotou fnn they wero having! They Hung arrow and dart, ran wee nnd wrestled, aud In aome of their I lay fairly swarinej nil over ouo another, until at time one lad would la, hurled in the thick of n writhing writh-ing uiaaa of hu and nrm several feet In depth. Home of fie boys wore only "U nnnini"(, for some reason, the bieech clout la commonly called on the prairie), but other were wrapped In old blanket, and tho hirjer ones wero alirndy wearing wear-ing the nim kfnot plome look, or tuft of hair tlo 1 nud tralntd tottand erect nlwve tho foreliuil. Tbo.lxitlra within th tepees w,.re dad only In their conipU-x-luiia, Jullui F.alph"in Harjier'i. |